Total Crime Rate
715.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025This area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Prescot North , and the 6th highest crime rate of 496 local areas in Knowsley .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around This (L34 6HE) in the last 12 months was 715.4 per 1,000 residents and was 386.0% higher than the Prescot North average (147.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 56 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 82 (≈ 315.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around postcode L34 6HE, the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 80 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Atherton Street (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Prescot North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Seddons Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Williams Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Williams Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Williams Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Atherton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Atherton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Seddons Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Seddons Court | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Seddons Court | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Williams Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Yates' Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Vicarage Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vicarage Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vicarage Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vicarage Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wycherley Street | Under investigation |
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